TY - JOUR
T1 - Clinical evaluation of Australian Hearing's guidelines for fitting multiple memory hearing AIDS
AU - Keidser, Gitte
AU - Limareff, Heidi Silberstein
AU - Simmons, Sandie
AU - Gul, Corina
AU - Hayes, Zoe
AU - Sawers, Caren
AU - Thomas, Bronwyn
AU - Holland, Kathy
AU - Korchek, Kelly
PY - 2005/5
Y1 - 2005/5
N2 - In 1998, guidelines for fitting multi-memory hearing aids were introduced in Australian Hearing (a government agency). The guidelines list criteria for determining multimemory candidacy and present recommended response variations around a baseline response to suit different listening environments. This study aimed at validating the clinical application of the guidelines. Forty-four subjects from three Australian Hearing centres evaluated a digital, two-memory, two-channel compression device with remote control in their everyday environments for four months. Data suggested that the original criteria for candidacy were not satisfactory. On average, candidates had a wider dynamic range across the high frequencies, were more often in the situation the alternative program was designed for, and were fitted with a greater low-frequency gain difference between programs. A revised candidacy guideline based on this finding is presented. The recommended response variations were difficult to achieve and data did not suggest any particular changes to the recommended response variations.
AB - In 1998, guidelines for fitting multi-memory hearing aids were introduced in Australian Hearing (a government agency). The guidelines list criteria for determining multimemory candidacy and present recommended response variations around a baseline response to suit different listening environments. This study aimed at validating the clinical application of the guidelines. Forty-four subjects from three Australian Hearing centres evaluated a digital, two-memory, two-channel compression device with remote control in their everyday environments for four months. Data suggested that the original criteria for candidacy were not satisfactory. On average, candidates had a wider dynamic range across the high frequencies, were more often in the situation the alternative program was designed for, and were fitted with a greater low-frequency gain difference between programs. A revised candidacy guideline based on this finding is presented. The recommended response variations were difficult to achieve and data did not suggest any particular changes to the recommended response variations.
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:23444446690
SN - 0157-1532
VL - 27
SP - 51
EP - 68
JO - Australian and New Zealand Journal of Audiology
JF - Australian and New Zealand Journal of Audiology
IS - 1
ER -